February 2, 2025

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

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Overheard at the GCPA 2017 Fall Conference
The Gulf Coast Power Association’s 32nd Annual Fall Conference attracted several hundred attendees to the Texas state capital.
First Shoe to Drop? Vistra to Retire 3 Texas Coal Units
Vistra Energy announced plans to retire its coal-fired Monticello plant's three units in January, citing low prices in ERCOT.
Sempra Energy
Sempra Reworks Oncor Bid to Erase EFH Debt
Sempra said that it will rework its proposed $9.45 billion acquisition of Oncor with a new financing structure that wipes out the debt of EFH.
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Sept. 28, 2017
The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee unanimously approved compromise language eliminating the reduction of congestion revenue rights.
Texas PUC Resistant to NextEra’s Minority Interest in Oncor
Having thrice been rejected in its attempts at majority ownership, NextEra Energy is now making a long-shot bid to acquire a minority in Oncor.
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New Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker Takes the Gavel
DeAnn Walker will chair her first open meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas on Thursday after her recent appointment.
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Overheard at Infocast’s Texas Renewable Energy Summit
Infocast Texas Renewable Energy Summit attendees heard discussions on the challenges ERCOT faces in building transmission and ensuring grid reliability.
Analysts Debate Potential Vistra Coal Retirements
Vistra Energy’s acknowledgement last month that it may retire some of its coal fleet sparked a debate at Infocast’s Texas Renewable Energy Summit.
ERCOT Briefs
ERCOT’s latest resource adequacy forecasts project the Texas grid will have sufficient installed generating capacity this fall and winter.
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Bankruptcy Court Advances Sempra Bid for Oncor
Sempra Energy moved a step closer to completing its takeover of Oncor after a U.S. bankruptcy judge approved the agreement.

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